Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
From: [h--s] at [unity.ncsu.edu] (Henry E. Schaffer)
Subject: Misquoting leads to mistake of Re: NRA at it again
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 01:48:47 GMT

In article <s2![y--b] at [dixie.com]> [j g d] at [dixie.com] (John De Armond) writes:
>[b--en--n] at [nova.enet.dec.com] (Hal Berenson) writes:
>
>>In article <ax0x=[REDACTED] at [dixie.com]>, [j g d] at [dixie.com] (John De Armond) writes...
>>>This one pretty much speaks for itself.  From the firearms-politics
>>>mailing list:
>>> 
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>>>In his column in the 8/1 Shotgun News, Neil Knox tells us that the
>>>executive director for the National Alliance of Stocking Gun Dealers
>>>submitted written testimony to Congress stating that the BATF is
>
>>Why the *&^*(^&* are you putting this one at the NRA's doorstep in your
>>subject line?  The NASGD has nothing to do with the NRA.
>
>If you edited out the rest of that paragraph, it would be obvious.
>
>
>> In his column in the 8/1 Shotgun News, Neil Knox tells us that the
>> executive director for the National Alliance of Stocking Gun Dealers
>> submitted written testimony to Congress stating that the BATF is
>> responsible for many guns on the streets by allowing part-time
>> dealers (ie 'basement bandits') to exist.  He and the NASGD support
>                                             ^^
>> more restrictions on dealers and an increase in fees to $350-500
>> per year.
>
>Though the sentence is ambiguous, "he" appears to point to Neil Knox.
>Further discussion on the list supports that.

  Except that when one reads the actual column it seems to come
across somewhat differently - here is the relevant paragraph about
the NASGD -

  "Bill Bridgewater, Executive Director of the National Alliance
of Stocking Gun Dealers, provided written testimony which accused
BATF of creating "the world's largest firearms black market" by
licensing part-time dealers.  In his continuing effort to eliminate
competition, he called for FFL fees to be set at $350 to $500 per year."

  I read that as saying that Neal Knox isn't particularly
sympathetic to the NASGD position - his mention of elimination
of competition says to me that he doesn't buy the reason given
and views this as simply some more money-oriented lobbying.  (Note,
I'm not quoting out of context - that's the only material in
this column about the NASGD position.)

--henry schaffer